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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






2. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






3. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






4. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






5. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






7. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






9. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






10. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






11. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






12. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






13. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






14. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






15. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






16. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






17. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






18. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






19. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






20. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






22. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






23. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






24. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






25. Where can you get more vitamin D?






26. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






27. What are healthy sources of fats?






28. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






29. What is RDA of protein?






30. Fats can lead to some medical problems






31. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






32. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






33. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






34. When does BMR decrease?






35. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






36. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






37. Sources of fats






38. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






39. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






40. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






42. What is the function of vitamin E?






43. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






44. What function is vitamin A?






45. Name six sources of grains






46. The higher the BMR a client has --






47. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






48. What foods have high quality protein?






49. What is normal BMI?






50. What is normal albumin levels?